Paula Deen diabetes backlash led by Anthony Bourdain

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An admission that, much to the irking of Anthony Bourdain, came right along with a promotional deal. Paula Deen, out and proud Type 2 diabetes sufferer, is now the spokesperson for Diabetes in a New Light -- a site run by pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.

Response from the public to Paula Deen's diabetes diagnosis has been mixed.

Siding with Bourdain one person wrote Tuesday, "I would never make any of her recipes! Butter, Cream, High Fat, High Calorie Sugary Recipes. NO WAY, love yourself and your family enough to never cook like she does. It is like putting a loaded gun to your head. I think what she is doing is hypocritical and hurtful to those with diabetes. I think she hid it because she cares more about her next endorsement and her bottom line then she does about her viewing audience or cookbook buyers."

Defending the cooking queen one gossip reader commented, "Don't like the food don't got to watch the show or follow the recipe. This is like people suing McDonald's. Bourdain needs to STFU."

Still another commenter, apparently no fan of Deen or Bourdain wrote, "They're both charlatans for their respective fields. Six of one, half dozen of the other."